What are the effects of white peony root

White peony root is a very common Chinese patent medicine. This Chinese medicine is mainly clean and eye-catching. After cultivation and processing, white peony root has a certain effect of nourishing blood and dredging. It can stop bleeding and relieve pain, treat various diseases, especially for women's diseases. In fact, the main effect of white peony root is very wide, especially for the treatment of nausea, vomiting, irregular menstruation and other diseases. So what other effects does white peony root itself have that everyone does not know?

White peony root refers to raw white peony root, which is used as medicine in its raw state. It is the root of the dicotyledonous medicinal plant Paeonia lactiflora (cultivated species) of the Ranunculaceae family.

Efficacy: Nourishes blood and softens the liver, relieves pain, and restrains yin and sweat. It is used to treat chest, abdominal and flank pain, diarrhea and abdominal pain, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, yin deficiency fever, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia and leucorrhea.

Suitable for: People with blood deficiency and yin deficiency who suffer from chest, abdominal and flank pain, pain in the liver area, pain in cholecystitis and gallstones; people with abdominal pain in diarrhea, and abdominal pain in women during menstruation; people with spontaneous sweating, easy sweating and night sweats; people with gastrocnemius spasms, cramps and pain in the limbs, and restless legs syndrome; it can be used with licorice to relieve various chest, abdomen and limb pains.

Taboos: White peony root is cold in nature, so people with abdominal pain and diarrhea due to deficiency and cold should not eat it; children should not eat it during measles; people who are taking the Chinese medicine Veratrum should not eat it.

Although white peony has a wide range of medicinal value, it is not suitable for some diseases. White peony is not mild in nature. Patients with spleen and stomach deficiency, diarrhea, or infection with toxic bacteria should not eat white peony. During measles, white peony should be avoided. White peony should not be mixed with some foods.